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Average valueActiveMILLIONAIRE MAKER · $20 · New York Lottery
MILLIONAIRE MAKER: Average value. A $20 ticket pays back $14.28 on average.
▼ -1.1 pts vs launch#10 of 13 · $20 NY gamesUpdated Aug 1, 2026, 12:30 AM
▼ -1.1 pts vs launch#10 of 13 · $20 NY gamesUpdated Aug 1, 2026, 12:30 AM
MILLIONAIRE MAKER is a $20 scratch-off ticket from the New York state lottery. Its current expected value is 71.4%, down 1.1 percentage points from the launch value of 72.5%. 3 of the original 20 $1,000,000 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 84% of the 21.8M printed tickets have been sold.
71.4%
expected return
1 in 3.91
odds of any win
3 of 20
$1M jackpots left
84%
claimed · 18.4M of 21.8M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 864,151 winning tickets still unclaimed.
15 win more than $20
$40 – $200, an actual profit
10 win their money back
a $20 prize, so you break even
75 win nothing
the house edge, made visible
Prizes of $500 or more hit about 1 in 357 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $14.28 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $20 – $500
$12.37 · 61.9% of price
Mid prizes $2K – $10K
$1.02 · 5.1% of price
Jackpots $1M+
$0.89 · 4.4% of price
Realistic return, jackpots set aside
67.0%
Just 3 tickets out of 3.4M carry the $1M+ prizes. This is your expected return if none of them is yours.
Most of the value pays out as
$20 – $500 wins
863,054 winning tickets remain in this range: 87% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
84% of the print run claimed
Counting every ticket since launch, Oct 2022.
21.8M
tickets printed
18.4M
tickets claimed · 84%
3.4M
still out there
Prizes claimed over time
Claim chart needs more snapshot history
Sales are outpacing the jackpots: worse for buyers.
Jackpots left
15%
Tickets left
16%
15% of top prizes remain with 16% of tickets left to claim them.
Where to buy
New York Lottery
At retailers statewide, or online through Jackpocket. Affiliate link: Scratchstats may earn a commission.
Rank vs $20 NY peers
#10 of 13
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
Figures from New York Lottery published claim data, updated Aug 1, 2026, 12:30 AM.
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